TY - JOUR TI - Embryology, anatomy, and surgical applications of the preperitoneal space AU - Kingsnorth, AN AU - Skandalakis, PN AU - Colborn, GL AU - Weidman, TA and AU - Skandalakis, LJ AU - Skandalakis, JE JO - Surgical Clinics of North America PY - 2000 VL - 80 TODO - 1 SP - 1+ PB - W B SAUNDERS CO LTD SN - 0039-6109 TODO - 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70394-7 TODO - null TODO - This article discusses the enigmatic preperitoneal space, with emphasis on the spaces of Bogros and Retzius. Detailed information about the anatomic pathway to the preperitoneal space for the repair of inguinofemoral hernia from above (i.e., skin to myopectineal orifice of Fruchaud) and from below (i.e., peritoneum to myopectineal orifice of Fruchaud) is presented. ER -